The lecture uses prints and book illustrations to uncover the secrets of food preparation in kitchens in Georgian times.
Cooking in a Georgian kitchen required immense skill as cooks struggled to complete a multitude of tasks without any electricity or gas and virtually no mechanical aids.
Discover through prints, paintings, book illustrations and surviving Georgian kitchens and equipment, how a cook used the myriad of tools, moulds, boards and pots, to store, prepare and cook a remarkably diverse menu of dishes.
IMAGES (cortesy of the lecturer)
Patent Cooking Apparatus
Advantages of Modern Education
How to book this event:
This will be a hybrid lecture. Members of TAS SW London can attend free of charge but non-members will be asked for a £10 fee at the door. To watch the lecture live online, please email theartssocietyswlondon@gmail.com for a link. There is a charge of £5 for non-members.
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Dr Peter Ross
Peter has a History of Art degree, an MA in London history, a PhD in the cultural history of an English Criminal, and qualifications in the teaching of adults. Currently Principal Librarian at Guildhall Library, he has for 20 years lectured on a broad range of topics including the history of English books, portraiture, and London history. Peter has appeared on TV and radio as a consultant on the 18th century criminal Jack Sheppard and on the history of English food. His most recent publication, The Curious Cookbook, was published by the British Library.
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